Connor is sure his best friend, Branwell, couldn't have hurt Branwell's baby half sister, Nikki. But Nikki lies in a coma, and Branwell is in a juvenile behavioral center, suspected of a horrible crime and unable to utter the words to tell what really happened. Connor is the only one who might be able to break through Branwell's wall of silence. But how can he prove Branwell didn't commit the unspeakable act of which he's accused -- when Branwell can't speak for himself?
Eli Frieden lives in the most perfect town in the world: Serenity, New Mexico. In this idyllic place, every lawn is perfectly manicured and everyone has a pool and a tree house. Honesty and integrity are valued above all else. The thirty kids who live there never lie-they know it's a short leap from that to the awful problems of other, less fortunate places. Eli has never left Serenity . . . why would he ever want to? Then one day he bikes to the edge of the city limits and something so crazy and unexpected happens, it changes everything.
Book 1, Masterminds series
After a mean collector named Swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, Griffin Bing must put together a band of misfits to break into Swindle's compound and recapture the card. There are many things standing in their way -- a menacing guard dog, a high-tech security system, a very secret hiding place, and their general inability to drive -- but Griffin and his team are going to get back what's rightfully his . . . even if hijinks ensue. Also available on audio CD, and Playaway.
Book 1, Swindle
Disaster hits when Bizarro arrives on Superman Day in Metropolis, and the reader must choose the path that Superman will take to stop his strange misdeeds.
You Choose series
"What does a city mayor do? Learn about the duties of a city mayor and how the mayor serves people in the city. Descriptive main text, full-color photos, fast facts, and callout definitions work together to support understanding"-- publisher.
Adult Nonfiction:
Poems from 21st Century Canada in English followed by Cree translation.
A long-lost book reappears, mysteriously connecting an old man searching for his son and a girl seeking a cure for her widowed mother's loneliness. Leo Gursky taps his radiator each evening to let his upstairs neighbor know he's still alive. But it wasn't always like this: in the Polish village of his youth, he fell in love and wrote a book. . . . Sixty years later and half a world away, fourteen-year-old Alma, who was named after a character in that book, undertakes an adventure to find her namesake and save her family.
When a scandal upsets the high school soccer team, the captain, Malik, struggles to bring his team back together and learn to trust a new coach.
Child fiction book, and audiobook on CD. When social workers begin to scrutinize Mercy's homelife in modern-day Pietermartizburg, she uses life lessons taught to her by Mr. Singh to stand up for herself and her eccentric foster aunts. Grade: 3+
The school lunch lady is a secret crime fighter who uncovers an evil plot to replace all the popular teachers with robots.
Book 1, Lunch Lady series
A revelatory, visually stunning graphic memoir by award-winning artist Nora Krug, telling the story of her attempt to confront the hidden truths of her family's wartime past in Nazi Germany and to comprehend the forces that have shaped her life, her generation and history.
Child nonfiction book. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions. Age: 4-7.
Daniel has a secret. He can detect mind reading, identifying Readers who wish to remain anonymous. Since Readers are women and can only read men's minds, they have good reason to stay hidden.When Professor Denise Vogel discovers Daniel's secret, he seeks help from Jamie, his mind reading ex-girlfriend he can't forget and who has her own secret. Together, they struggle through their broken relationship as tension and fear build in the Reader community.To complicate matters, Daniel learns he can read minds too-women's only-making him more valuable and vulnerable to those who seek to exploit his ability. With this new knowledge, Daniel and Jamie investigate bizarre abductions in hopes of understanding who is behind them and why, while at the same time puzzle through what they mean to one another.A love story compounded by the perils of mind reading, Struggling Readers explores whether our thoughts-or our actions-are what count.
Intergalactic peace keepers are chasing the evil TERRA-MAN through space When this super-villain seeks refuge on Earth, SUPERMAN offers to join the bounty hunters' posse. Soon, the MAN OF STEEL locates the gun-slinging criminal in an Old West ghost town, and the two face off in an old-fashioned showdown.
"Using a wide variety of stunning photographs, author Kevin Kurtz poses thought-provoking questions to help readers determine if things are living or nonliving." --publisher.
Child fiction book. After being kidnapped and brought to the emperor's palace in Gondar, Ethiopia, twelve-year-old Saba discovers that she and her brother are part of the emperor's desperate attempt to consolidate political power in the mid-1840's. Grade: 5+
Child Nonfiction:
2020 Caldecott Medal Winner: Kwame Alexander pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from Kadir Nelson.-- publisher.
Child nonfiction book. When her dreams of being a ninja are ended after an arranged marriage, Chiyome must wait until the opportunity arises for her to create her own network of women spies in sixteenth-century Japan. Age: 8+
Child fiction book, e-book, audiobook on cd or playaway, and e-audiobook. The story of a little red-headed orphan girl mistakenly sent to the Cuthbert's farm on Prince Edward Island in the late 1800's. Anne's strong character and vivid imagination both help and hinder her as she makes her way through childhood in the pretty little town of Avonlea. Book 1 in the Anne of Green Gables series. Grade: 4+
"Project Runway goes to Comic Con in an epic, queer love story about creativity, creation, and finding the courage to be your most authentic self. Raffy has a passion for bedazzling. Not just bedazzling, but sewing, stitching, draping, pattern making -- for creation. He's always chosen his art over everything and everyone else, and now he's determined to make his mark at this year's biggest cosplay competition. If he can wow there, it could lead to sponsorship, then art school, and finally earning real respect for his work. There's only one small problem...Raffy's ex-boyfriend, Luca, is his main competition. Raffy tried to make it work with Luca. They almost made the perfect team last year after serendipitously meeting in the rhinestone aisle at the local craft store -- or at least Raffy thought they did. But Luca's insecurities and Raffy's insistence on crafting perfection caused their relationship to crash and burn. Now, Raffy is after the perfect comeback, one that Luca can't ruin. But when Raffy is forced to partner with Luca on his most ambitious build yet, he'll have to juggle unresolved feelings for the boy who broke his heart, and his own intense self-doubt, to get everything he's ever wanted: choosing his art, his way."
- This biography is of Henry VIII, King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry the VIII is mainly remembered for his six marriages in search of a male heir and his self-appointment as the "Supreme Head of the Church of England." When Henry Tudor ascended to the English thrown at the age of 17, his reign looked promising. But by the time of his death in 1547, King Henry VIII was characterized as an extremely egotistical, ruthless, and insecure king.
As a child dreams of all the things in her world that make her happy, she realizes how fortunate she is to live in the world she does"-- publisher.
Child fiction book, audiobook on CD, and e-audiobook. After breaking his leg, eleven-year-old Nate feels useless because he cannot work on the family farm in nineteenth-century Nebraska, so when his father brings home an orphan boy to help with the chores, Nate feels even worse. Grade: 4+
Sofarende is at war and the army is paying families well to recruit children, so if twelve-year-old Mathilde or her best friend Megs is chosen, they hope to help their families but fear they will be separated forever.
Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
Chld fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama. Grade: 3+
Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama. Age: 8-12.
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama. Age: 8-12.
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
Summary Knowing very little English, eleven-year-old Jingwen feels like an alien when his family immigrates to Australia, but copes with loneliness and the loss of his father by baking elaborate cakes.
Knowing very little English, eleven-year-old Jingwen feels like an alien when his family immigrates to Australia, but copes with loneliness and the loss of his father by baking elaborate cakes.
Summary Knowing very little English, eleven-year-old Jingwen feels like an alien when his family immigrates to Australia, but copes with loneliness and the loss of his father by baking elaborate cakes.
Recommended for Grades 3 - Grade 6
Meet singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran. In this title, readers will follow Sheeran's career from smash debut + through two Grammy Awards! His charitable work with organizations such as Red Nose Day included.
- "Meet famous entertainer Zendaya. In this title, readers will follow Zendaya's career from her smash debut album Zendaya through The Greatest Showman and Spider-Man: Homecoming movies! Her charitable work with organizations such as feedONE is included."-- Amazon.com.
What does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book, Pulitzer Prize–finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S. citizen, using it as a starting point for her exploration of the rights, liberties, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship. Tapping into history, politics, and literature, she elucidates how accidents of birth—such as national origin, race, and gender—that once determined the boundaries of Americanness still their shadows today.
Child picture book. A little boy walks his younger sister home from school for the first time. Age: 4-8.
A wordless picture book about using imagination to overcome shyness
At the end of August 2005, ten-year-old Armani is looking forward to her birthday party in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, where she and her extended family live, but Hurricane Katrina is on the way, bringing destruction and tragedy in its wake.
Child nonficton book. Follows the daily lives of seven children from around the world, including such places as Japan, India, Uganda, and Italy, and discusses how schools, meals, and play can be different or similar in different places in the world. Age: 5-6.
Follows the daily lives of seven children from around the world, including such places as Japan, India, Uganda, and Italy, and discusses how schools, meals, and play can be different or similar in different places in the world.
Adult nonfiction (concert). Along with their classic hits, The Brian Setzer Orchestra add some holiday tunes to their set list. Contents : Dig that crazy Santa Claus -- This cat's on a hot tin roof -- Boogie woogie Santa Claus -- The dirty boogie -- Winter wonderland -- Sleigh ride -- Santa Claus is back in town -- Everybody's waitin' for the man with the bag -- Caravan -- Pipeline -- Stray cat strut/ You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch -- Jump jive an' wail -- 'Zat you Santa Claus? -- Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! -- Run Rudolph run -- Gene & Eddie -- Blue Christmas -- Jingle bell rock -- Rat pack boogie -- Fishnet stockings -- Rock this town -- Nutcracker suite -- Rumble in Brighton -- Gettin' in the mood -- Jingle bells.
Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. When a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: his fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student. As the crisis reveals how little a father knows about his son, Andy will face a trial of his own-- between loyalty and justice, between truth and allegation, between a past he's tried to bury and a future he cannot conceive.
Five women, each with her own story to tell, form a book club they call Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons that becomes the lifeline that sustains them through four decades of joy and sorrow.
Child fiction book, and e-book. When the devastation wrought by endless dust storms in 1930s Oklahoma makes orphans of Jack, his schoolmate Jane, and her brother Tony, they take the truck of a dead man and set out to find a new start. Grade: 6+
Trying to escape her worthless life leads to unexpected and disastrous consequences when Sue Ellen steals money and a raft and embarks on a journey to dig up her best friend's body, burn it, and sprinkle the ashes in Hollywood.
Child picture book. A love poem from a father to his two sons, and a tribute to the bees that pollinate the foods we love to eat. Age: 2-7.
A picture book that is 'a love poem from a father to his two sons, and a tribute to the bees that pollinate the foods we love to eat."
Recommended for Preschool - Grade 3
Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Can they help him chase sharks away from swimmers?
Child fiction book. In September 1944 eleven-year-old Billie lives with her great aunt, Doff, eagerly waiting for her older brother Leo to return from boot camp, and desperate to find the father that left when she was little; but Leo brings a friend with him, a Navajo named Denny, and the injured dog they have rescued and named Bear--and when the two young men go off to war Bear becomes the thread that ties them all together, and helps Billie to find a true friend. Grade: 4+
Move over Nancy, Harriet, and Veronica. There's a new sleuth on the block! Sixteen-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place. Her mom, who divorced her dad years ago, works as a live mermaid at a club downtown. Goldie has an insatiable curiosity, which explains her dream to one day become the hotel's in-house detective. When Charles, the current detective, encounters a case he can't crack, he agrees to mentor Goldie in exchange for her help solving the mystery.